TY  - BOOK
AU  - Zerwekh, JoAnn Graham
AU  - Claborn, Jo Carol
TI  - Nursing today: transition and trends 
SN  - 1416023135
U1  - WY 16 Z589n 2006 
PY  - 2006///
CY  - St. Louis Mo. : 
PB  - Saunders/Elsevier, 
KW  - Nursing
KW  - Vocational Guidance
KW  - Social Aspect
N1  - Includes Bibliographical references and Index; Contents

Unit I: Professional Growth and Transition 
1. Transitions
2. Self-care Strategies 

Unit II: Career Development 
3. Employment Considerations: Opportunities, Resumes and Interviewing
4. Mentoring and Preceptorship 
5. NCLEX-RN and the New Graduate 

Unit III: Nursing: A Developing Profession
6. Historical Perspectives: Influences of the Present 
7. Nursing Education 
8. Nursing Theories 
9. Image of Nursing: Influences of the Present 

Unit IV: Nursing Management 
10. Challenges of Nursing Management 
11. Effective Communication & Team Building 
12. Conflict Management
13. Time Management 
14. Delegation in the Clinical Setting 
Unit V: Current Issues in Health Care 
15. The Health Care Organization and Patterns of Nursing Care Delivery 
16. Economics in the Health Care Delivery System 
17. Political Action in Nursing
18. Collective Bargaining 
19. Ethical Issues 
20. Legal Issues 
Unit VI: Contemporary Nursing Practice 
21. Cultural & Spiritual Awareness 
22. Quality Patient Care 
23. Nursing Informatics 
24. Using Nursing Research in Practice 
25. Work Place Issues


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